How to Handle Bad XML (or Word HTML)

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Subject: How to Handle Bad XML (or Word HTML)
From: Ted Stresen-Reuter <tedmasterweb@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:36:33 -0600

Hi,

Thanks again to everyone who answers on this list. You've all been really sweet.

Today's question hopes to try and tackle a transformation of the HTML produced by MS Word into a valid XHTML format.

In general, the problem is Word doesn't produce "valid" XML (specifically, for many elements, attributes are not quoted). The file I'm working with starts with the following:

<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

Additionally, a typical element might look like this:

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

Is it even possible to use such a document as a source document and if so, how do I handle errors returned by the XSLT processor when unquoted attributes are found?

Thanks again to all of you who take the time to read and actually answer these queries.

Sincerely,

Ted Stresen-Reuter

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How to Handle Bad XML (or Word HTML) Ted Stresen-Reuter - Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:33:17 -0500 (EST) <= J.Pietschmann - Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:56:10 -0500 (EST) <Possible follow-ups> Koes, Derrick - Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:50:12 -0500 (EST) Passin, Tom - Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:07:54 -0500 (EST) Joshua Allen - Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:19:45 -0500 (EST)

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